Mario Buatta: Prince of Interiors
Mario Buatta: Prince of Interiors
A RARE PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE TULIP VASES, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
Auction Closed
January 25, 03:59 AM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A RARE PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE TULIP VASES
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
after Dutch Delft originals, each modeled with three tiers in square section, surmounted by a tall spire, each tier with four gently flaring spouts at the corners, supported by a rectangular pedestal painted on the sides with either a female nude dancing in a fenced interior, or a winged-cherub among blossoming flowers and foliage, one inscribed at the base with an AK monogram
height 17 ⅛ in.; 43.3 cm
Christie's London, 2 July 1982
Mallet at Bourdon House, London, 1983
A nearly identical example is in the collection of the Groninger Museum, and illustrated in D. F. Lungsingh Scheurleer, Chinese Export Porcelain, cat. no. 108. This example, along with one of the present pair, bears an AK mark on the base, which belonged to the original Delft maker Adriaen Kocx, who likely created the form. Another pair of nearly identical examples was with Cohen & Cohen, London, reference no. 6172